Xbox 360 Specs

Next Spring is promising to be an exciting time for gamers, with the release of the new Xbox 360. Officially announced on MTV, Microsoft unveiled their all new console. With a sleek design, an impressive CPU, and a slew of many other new features, the Xbox will continue to prove Microsoft's dominance at the top of the video game console market. What We Know Following the path of the new nintendo revolution and the Playstation 3, Xbox had decided to go the route of a new compact design. Continuing with the ascetics, the new xbox 360 will come with interchangeable faceplates allowing owners to give their console a custom look. Furthermore the Xbox 360 will have the ability to be mounted both horizontally and vertically. The look of the new console is fine and dandy, but what is under all that cool looking plastic? Microsoft has developed an impressive system capable of amazing processing power never seen before in a home video game console. As well as new IBM PowerPC-based CPU running at 3.2GHz, and over a half a gigabyte of RAM, the Xbox 360 will showcase a new ATI video card capable of advanced antialiasing and shader effects. What this means to gamers is 720p and 1080i wide-screen HDTV, almost double the resolution of the original Xbox which maxed out at 480p The system will also support up to four wireless controls.. Arguably Microsoft can attribute a great deal of its success to the hugely successful online capabilities. The new Xbox 360 will continue with the online feature and develop it even further. Xbox 360 will offer two tiers of online function, silver and gold. With silver being a basic package for users to connect and play online, and gold offering other services such as additional downloads and content. Microsoft has also provided additional resources for their new gaming console. The Xbox 360 will have the ability to operate as a general media centre, with the ability to stream media directory from a PC running Windows Media Player, as well as other portable devices which are supported by Microsoft. Below is a full Spec Breakdown of the New Xbox 360 Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU: